Silmi al-Azer

Silmi al-Azer (7 May 1955-18 July 1974) was a PFLP member and one of the perpetrators of the Manot massacre.

Biography
Silmi al-Azer was born in Nablus, West Bank on 7 May 1955, and he joined the PFLP with the goal of resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestine. He was one of the guerrillas chosen by Suhail el-Nazar to take part in a cross-border raid on Israel in July 1974, and he was one of the perpetrators of the Manot massacre. al-Azer fired on patrons of a local resort with his AKM assault rifle before an Israeli security guard shot him in the head, killing him instantly.